Timothy Oleksiak
Area of Expertise
rhetorical theory, queer feminist rhetorics, rhetoric and composition pedagogy
Degrees
PhD, University of Minnesota
MA, The University of West Florida
BS, Eastern Michigan University
Professional Publications & Contributions
- Oleksiak, Timothy. “Slow Peer Review in the Writing Classroom.” Reading and Writing in the Era of Fake News special issue of Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture, vol. 21, no. 2, 2021, pp. 369-383.
- Oleksiak, Timothy. “It’s Too Late to Rupaullogize: The Lackluster Defense of an Occasional Unlistener.” Why Are We All Gagging: The Cultural Impact of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Cameron Crookston. Ed. Intellect Books, 2021, pp. 193-210.
- Oleksiak, Timothy. “A Queer Praxis for Peer Review” College Composition and Communication, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 306-332.
- Banks, William P., Michael J. Faris, Collie Fulford, Timothy Oleksiak, GPat Patterson, and Trixie G. Smith. “Writing Program Administration: A Queer Symposium.” WPA: Writing Program Administration 43.2 (2020): 11-43.
- Oleksiak, Timothy. “When Queers Listen,” in Reinventing (with) Theory in Rhetoric and Writing Studies: Essays in Honor of Sharon Crowley, edited by Andrea Alden, Kendall Gerdes, Judy Holiday, and Ryan Skinnell, 256-268. Logan: Utah State University Press, 2019.
- Oleksiak, Timothy. “Composing in a Sling: BDSM, Power, and Non-identification.” Queer Rhetorics: DirtySexy special issue of Pre/Text 24, no. 1-4 (Spring-Winter 2018): 9-24.
- Oleksiak, Timothy. “Creating a Mission and Goals for WID," in Sustainable WAC: A Whole Systems Approach to Launching and Developing WAC Programs, edited by Michelle T. Cox, Daniel Melzer, and Jeffery Galin, 104-106. National Council of Teachers of English. NCTE, 2018.
- Oleksiak, Timothy. “Incendiary Discourse: Reconsidering ‘Flaming,’ Authority, and Deliberative Democracy in Computer-mediated Communication.” Composition Studies 40 no. 2 (2012): 34-49.
Additional Information
CURRENT PROJECTS
Adequate: Rewriting the Logics of Labor in Writing Studies w/ Joshua Barsczewski (edited collection in progress)
Cruising Texts: A Different Vision for Student-to Student Peer Review (book manuscript in progress)
MEDIA APPEARANCES (select)
“Episode 101: Timothy Oleksiak.” Pedagogue, 23 Feb 2022, https://www.pedagoguepodcast.com/episodes.html
INVITED TALKS
University of West Florida’s Composition Symposium. October 27, 2023. Keynote.
RSA Remote: Writing and Reading Conference Proposals: Tales from Longtime Conference Presenters and Reviewers.” May 5, 2023. Invited Speaker.
RSA Remote: Finding and Planning Early-Career Research Leaves. Rhetoric Society of America. Roundtable discussion about early career service. 18 March 2022. Invited Speaker.
Arizona State University’s Writing Programs: Teacher Trainer Video Series. “LGBTQ+ Writing Pedagogies.” Fall 2022. Invited Speaker.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (select)
“Kairotic Consent” Rhetoric Society of America 21st Biannual Conference. Denver, CO. May 2024.
“The Trouble with Listening.” Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference. Atlanta, GA. September, 2023.
“Rhetorical Consent and the Foregrounding of Intimacy in Qualitative Research.” Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference. Atlantia, GA. September, 2023.
“Drafting Queer Worlds: A Hope for a Place Otherwise Not Possible.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. February 2023.
“Making RSA a Scholarly Community: Strategies for Belonging.” Rhetoric Society of America 20th Biannual Conference. Baltimore, MD. May 2022. Invited Session/Session Chair and Speaker.
“Modal Qualification as a Textualized Practice of Consent.” Rhetoric Society of America 20th Biannual Conference. Baltimore, MD. May 2022.
“Culturally Relevant Student Response: Theory, Research, and Practice for the 21st Century.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Online. March 2022.
COURSE TAUGHT
Graduate Teaching (semester taught)
ENGL 668: Perspectives on Composition
Seminar Topic: Queer Rhetorics and Composition
ENGL 670: Philosophies of the Composing Process
Seminar Topic: Theory and Practice of Peer Review
ENGL 673: Digital Writing
Undergraduate Teaching (semester taught)
ENGL 101: Composition I (2 honors sections)
ENGL 203: Writing: Craft/Context/Design
ENGL 204: Professional Writing and Document Design
ENGL 306: Advanced Nonfiction Writing
ENGL 309: Multimedia Authoring
ENGL 312: Digital Culture & Composition
ENGL 457: Colloquium: Careers in English
ENGL 475: Professional and New Media Writing Capstone Internship
ENGL 477: Professional and New Media Writing Capstone Internship II
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
National Elected Service
Conference on College Composition and Communication Executive Committee, 2021-2024
Editorial/Review Boards
Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition, 2022-2025
QED: A Journal in LGBTQ Worldmaking, 2021-2024
Rhetoric Society Quarterly 2019-2023
Journal of Student Success in Writing, 2015-2019
XChanges, 2014-present
Ad Hoc Manuscript Reviewer
College English
Journal für Schreibwissenschaft
Composition Studies
Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics
WPA: Writing Program Administration
Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition
College Composition and Communication
QED: A Journal in LGBTQ Worldmaking
Computers and Composition
National Conference Planning and Committee Work
Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition
Taskforce on CFSHRC Share Values, Co-Chair, 2022-2023
Winifred Bryan Horner Outstanding Book Award Committee, 2022
Conference on College Composition and Communication
CCCC Statement on Gun Violence, Committee 2023
Support for Gender Diversity/Trans and Nonbinary Students and Faculty Taskforce, Co-Chair, 2022
CCCC Webinar Committee, member, 2021-present
CCCC Structures and Processes Working Group, member, 2021-2023
CCCC Proposal Coach 2021
Lavender Rhetoric Award Committee, Chair, 2020 & 2023
Queer Caucus Standing Group Panel, Co-Chair, 2018-2020
Stonewall Service Award Committee, 2018
Lavender Rhetoric Award Committee, 2017
Stage II Reviewer 2017; 2022
Newcomers Welcoming Committee, 2016-2019
Stage I Reviewer 2015-present
Rhetoric Society of America
RSA Book Award, Committee, 2023
RSA 21st Biannual Conference, Conference Committee, 2023
RSA Proposal Mentor Program, 2022
Research Network Forum, Faculty Mentor, 2022
Proposal Reviewer 2017, 2021
Hauser Research Award Committee 2017
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
UMass Boston Faculty Council, member
Professional and New Media Writing Program Director